"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
(Governor) Deval Patrick: "It's a free country. I wish it weren't, but
> . it's a free country"
Nicely stuck his foot in his mouth there...
Likewise, the Obama-nation...
> "It is a vital national security interest of the United States to
> reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a
> dominant military superpower....
"Whether we like it or not" is a figure of speech -- it doesn't imply that Obama personally doesn't like being a military superpower. Hopefully he does...
It comes off sounding silly, though, like celebrities complaining that they've lost some privacy.
I do like the movie trailer the first article links to:
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---Joel